[josephkr]

I’m new to this forum and recognize I’m pretty late in this discussion but I was hoping to get some feedback from the other people here. I probably fall into Mackay11’s category #3, but here’s where I get very frustrated:

President Benson taught that the prophet will never lead the church astray. I’ve heard it taught that if the prophet were to lead the church astray he would die. I guess President Benson could have been teaching false doctrine when he said that, and wouldn’t that be ironic? However, if the LDS church is lead by Prophets, Seers, and Revelators why did it take 120 years and 10 prophets to change this false practice?

Secondly, if policies like this are enacted by prophets without revelation, and can be disregarded as mistakes, what about all of the other changes made by prophets without citing revelation. Namely, prohibiting tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco, or paying 10% of our income as tithing. If it’s up to us to personally decide what teaching by the prophets are revelation and what is misguided policy, what is the purpose of being lead by a prophet?

Since this announcement about race and the priesthood I’ve started drinking coffee because I feel good when I drink it (don’t worry I drink iced coffee so I’m not drinking “hot drinks”). I’ve stopped paying tithing because my family needs the money to stay out of debt.

I’m worried because I might be on a slippery slope, feeling like there isn’t a lot that is inspired going on in the church. Despite all this I can’t deny my testimony of Christ and I really do believe Joseph Smith was a prophet who restored Christ’s church. Generally when I have doubts like this I can place them on the shelf, keep going about my business, and eventually an answer comes up. On this issue I’ve found nothing that resolves my concerns.

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